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Colonial Fantasies: Conquest, Family, and Nation in Precolonial Germany, 1770-1870
Susanne Zantop
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Description for Colonial Fantasies: Conquest, Family, and Nation in Precolonial Germany, 1770-1870
Paperback. Traces German desires to discover, conquer and dominate "new worlds" -- real and imagined-- expressed in stories and literature during the century preceding any actual German colonisation. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Since Germany became a colonial power relatively late, postcolonial theorists and histories of colonialism have thus far paid little attention to it. Uncovering Germany’s colonial legacy and imagination, Susanne Zantop reveals the significance of colonial fantasies—a kind of colonialism without colonies—in the formation of German national identity. Through readings of historical, anthropological, literary, and popular texts, Zantop explores imaginary colonial encounters of "Germans" with "natives" in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century literature, and shows how these colonial fantasies acted as a rehearsal for actual colonial ventures in Africa, South America, and the Pacific.
From as early as the sixteenth century, Germans preoccupied ... Read more
Since Germany became a colonial power relatively late, postcolonial theorists and histories of colonialism have thus far paid little attention to it. Uncovering Germany’s colonial legacy and imagination, Susanne Zantop reveals the significance of colonial fantasies—a kind of colonialism without colonies—in the formation of German national identity. Through readings of historical, anthropological, literary, and popular texts, Zantop explores imaginary colonial encounters of "Germans" with "natives" in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century literature, and shows how these colonial fantasies acted as a rehearsal for actual colonial ventures in Africa, South America, and the Pacific.
From as early as the sixteenth century, Germans preoccupied ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Series
Post-Contemporary Interventions
Condition
New
Weight
502g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822319689
SKU
V9780822319689
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About Susanne Zantop
At the time of her death, Susanne Zantop was Professor of German and Comparative Literature and Chair of the Department of German Studies at Dartmouth College.
Reviews for Colonial Fantasies: Conquest, Family, and Nation in Precolonial Germany, 1770-1870
“Colonial Fantasies is an excellent contribution to the understanding of German colonialism and its representational regimes.”—John K. Noyes, University of Cape Town “Susanne Zantop has already established herself as one of the leading scholars in eighteenth and nineteenth-century German literature and culture, and it is no surprise that her long-awaited book is so compelling. Her historically informed study of German ... Read more